Ink-well.



No. 632,588. Patented Sept. 5, |899. C. F. RITCHEL.

INK WELL.

(Application led May 29, 1899.)

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CHARLES F. RITCHEL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, SSIGNOR TO THE YANKEEBIANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,588, datedSeptember 5, 1899.

Application led May 29, 1899. Serial No. 718,698. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it' may concern.' other,to graduate the position of thecontroller Be it known that I, CHARLES F. RITCHEL, relatively to thelevel of the ink, it being inacitizen of the United States of America,and tended to maintain the controller so far be- 55 a resident ofBridgeport, county of Faireld, low the level as the depth to which it isde- 5 State of Connecticut, have invented certain sired to dip the penfor a proper charge of new and useful Improvements in Ink-Vells, theink, and thus while permitting the pen of which the following is aspecification. to be dipped to the extent required prevent- My inventionconsists of improvements in ing it from dipping too deep. For the pur-6o ink wells or stands, whereby it is designed to pose of raising andlowering the controller it Io regulate the dip of the pens into the ink,so may be fitted on the screw by any suitable that the charge of inkwill be graduated to form of screw-threaded nut; but as a means therequired amount and overcharge will be of protection against jamming thenut against prevented and the charge will be clear and the bottom or thecover of the ink-well when 65 free of sediment. Itis more particularlydethe nut has reached its limit of movements a r 5 signed for rapidhasty writers and children nut of special contrivance adapted forautowho have careless habits of dipping quickly matic unclutching andreclutching with the and overloading the pen and especially to threadsof the screw is provided. The said preventing clogging the pen withsediment nut consists in this example of the invention 7o from thebottom, all as hereinafter described, of two elastic lips Z of thecontroller-plate, zo reference being made to the accompanying which ismade of thin springy metal, turned drawings, in whichup from the edgesof said plate and bent over Figure l is a sectional elevation of my imsoas to grip the screw between their edges, proved ink-well. Fig. 2 is atop view. Fig. which being thin and taper bite into the 75 3 is ahorizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. threads of the screw withample pressure to 25 l; and Fig. 4 is a detail in vertical section oncause the traverse of the controller along the an enlarged scale, thesection being taken on screw until obstructed at the ends of the line 33, Figs. l and 3. range, and then the lips will be wedged apart The wellor stand ais a simple form of cup, by the threads, which will thenescape the 8o preferably of glass, but may be of any aplips,while thescrew maycontinue to be turned 3o proved material. It has a verticalinterior in the direction causing the controller to jam,

groove b, or it may be a rib, and it also has a but will continue theirgrip to shift the constep-bearing recess c at the center of thebottroller in the other direction when the screw tom for the lower endof avertical adjustingis turned the other way. The lips l have 85 screwd, and said well is provided with a cover lslight inclinations of theirbiting edges 3 5 e., detachably connected in any way, as by acorresponding with the angular pitch of the iiange f and a spiral threador threads g. An threads of the screw for meshing with the orifice h inthe cover admits the pens for takthreads accurately, the inclinations ofthe reing the ink. Over the cover is a rotating spective lips being inopposite directions be- 9o gate t to cover the orice 7L when theink-well cause of the reverse inclinations of the threads 4o is not inuse. This gate is attached to the on the opposite sides of the screw.The hole upper end of the adj usting-screw d and serves m through thecontroller-plate below the lips as a finger-piece by which to turn thescrew, for the screw forms a guide whereby the lips' the screw beingpivoted in the center of the are prevented from escaping from the screw.95 cover e, so as to turn freely. On the screw What I claim as myinvention is 45 is a vertically-adjustable pen-dipping conl. Thecombination with an ink well or troller j, consisting of a plate carriedon the stand, of a controller for the dip of the pen screw under thedipping-orice h and havin the ink, a screw for adjusting the controlinga guide-spur 7c running in the groove b ler relatively to the level ofthe ink, acover roo to prevent it from turning with the screw. for theink well or stand having an orifice ad- 5o The controller engages thethreads of the mitting the pen subject to the controller, and screw in away to be shifted up or down, aca cover for said orifice, said coverbeing the cording as the screw is turned one way or the inger-piece foroperating the screw.

2. The combination with an ink Well or stand, of a controller for thedip of the pen in the ink, an adjusting-screw Whereon the controller ismounted and on which it travels for adjustment relatively to the levelof the ink, and a guideway and guide-stud for determining the traversemovements of the controller, said stud being on the controller and theguideway in the Wall of the Well.

3. The combination with an ink Well or stand, of a controller for thedip of the pen in the ink, an adjusting-screw Whereon the controller ismounted for adjustment relatively to the level of the ink, and anunclutching and clutching nut for releasing the controller at the endsof its traverse.

4. The Combination With au ink Well 'or stand, of a controller for thedip of the pen in the ink, an adjusting-screw Whereon the controller ismounted for adjustment relatively to the level of the ink, and anunclutching and clutching nut for releasing the con-A ing and clutchingnut for releasing the con-` troller at the ends of its traverse, saidnut consisting of the elastic lips of the controller gripping theopposite sides of the screw by Y their edges, the controller-platehaving an ori= ce for the screw forming a guide.

Signed by me at New York, N. Y., this 25th day of March, 1899.

CHARLES F. RITCHEL.

Witnesses: A. P. TLLAYER,

C. SEDGWICK.

